Where does “beccurt” come from?

beccurt (Catalan) comes from Catalan bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

beccurt (Catalan): short-billed

Definitions

  1. short-billed

Ancestry of “beccurt”, step by step

beccurt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan bec

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanbecbeak, bill
2Latinbeccusbeak, bill
3Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
4Latin-āxish, -y
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Catalan curt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancurtshort
2Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós